Anthropocene  observes that it’s often easy to remember those books we learned as children and says that while those ‘simple tales often set our sensibilities,’ they may be warping our understanding of nature.

According to the website, a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, reviewed more than 1,200 children’s books, both fiction and non-fiction and found that  89% contained depictions of non-native plants, animals, and landscapes, while just 8% of the books depicted species native to the region in which the books were set.  >Read More